Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!

I hope you are doing well. We really missed coming to Richmond to visit you. For Divya, it has been more than a year since she met you. But Manjari had her vaccination closer to that date and would have been very fussy during that time. She is already 2 months old now.

We are settling into a semblance of a schedule. She is sleeping better at night and we have resumed our deity worship services. Divya dressed Sri Sri Radha Govinda on Srila Prabhupada's Vyasapuja after 3 months. I am somehow squeezing my rounds in and Divya is getting there. My parents being here has been a huge help. They will be here till the 23rd and then go to Atlanta to spend a week with Srirama and leave to India on 29th September.

The second batch of Bhakti Sastri concluded here in Dallas and we have about 15 graduates. The devotees are very appreciative of the in person classes. We are planning to start the third batch in October. Personally for me, it is very fulfilling to teach because I am reading the material again and learning more. We released the pujari training videos for all the arathis. It took a while but they have come out nicely.

HpS - Have you, agtSP, read "Surrender unto me" by Bhurijana Das?

We have had some wonderful association during the festival period. HH Haladhara Swami visited during Julhan Yarta and gave classes on Queen Kunti's prayers. Incredible classes with commentaries from Srila Vishvanatha Cakravati Thakur. Maharaja was making the point that Srila Prabhupada's purports had everything. He would read VCT's commentary and read Srila Prabhupada's purports to demonstrate it.

Radhika Raman Prabhu and Kalakantha prabhu were there for Balaram Purnima. Everyone loved Radhika Raman prabhu and invited him to make Dallas his regular stop. He had come to visit Manjari. Then Anantarupa prabhu came to work on a memories book he had compiled for Gopal Krishna Maharaja. Since the toy project ended earlier this year, I haven't had any proper projects. So I had the time to work on the book. It was 3 days of intense work and we got the book published on Amazon KDP. We could have done a better job, but we were in a time crunch. I am learning more about typesetting and there is definitely a lot of room for improvement. When I did Twirl Your Beads, I had never worked on getting a book published. Then you mercifully engaged me in TPP and with Gopal Krishna Maharaj's book, we see this as Krishna wanting us to continue serving in this area. I am looking to change teams internally and have given interview. If I get the job, I cannot work remote anymore and would have to go to the office in Richardson, which is about a 30-40 min drive one way.

We hope we can come and meet you after you come back from Spain. We really miss your personal association. Manjari will be about 6 months then. She is a result of your mercy Guru Maharaja and already has your shelter. We request your blessing and the blessing of all the devotees in the blog for her so that she may grow up to serve Srila Prabhupada very nicely🙏🏼

Your servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

HpS - Thank you. We saw Sriramakrsna Das and parents and baby and wife!!!

Ananata rupa Das gave us copy of Gopal Krsna Swami's book!

Of course, the margin should have been wider, no?

But then the book may have been thinner,

But reducing the font size by half a point may have solved that but...

... no one ever finished formatting a book.

They just stopped working on it.

🙂

Hari bolo!!!

Bh. Sastri.

Meeting in cyberspace and Nabadvipa in our next life?

All respects to Mata ji.

Hare Krishna Gurumaharaja,

please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We are very excited to see the 5th movie. And show it along with the other four at our monthly movie night program starting this Fall.

We understand that there are some copyright issues. May we have the secret link?

So sorry to miss your call on Janmashtami. The work load at the temple and trying to finish a fence for a client before leaving for tour was almost too much to handle.

Been having nice morning programs on the road and good rounds and classes with Anadi and Yamuna over the phone. Shows have been good. Been distributing lots of CDs and vinyl records and talking with many inquisitive, vegetarian, open minded..people. I’m understanding more and more, deeper and deeper that I can only give to others if I am filled up myself. So the goal is to get filled up to the brim every morning and stay in association with devotees. This is the only way for us to survive! This world is such a dangerous place on many levels.

Gonna listen to The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and think of you and all the nice devotees in Richmond right now:)

Thank you, Maharaja. I’m glad you are able to decompress a little.

your aspiring servant,

Nitisara das

HpS / ASA --- Thank you for the news and update! We sent the movie link. Did you get it???

Thank you. Best wishes for the forthcoming progeny.

Hare Krisna Gurudev!!

Please accept our humble obeisances!!

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

A very Dear friend of us (We can not disclose his name 🙄) is asking for the secret link to watch the 5th movie from ASA.

Can You please send it here?

Thank you!!

At your service.

Nikunja bihari das.

HpS / ASA --- We sent it. Did you get it???

Hare Krsna, Gurudev.

HpS/ASA - Hare Rama, Prof. Hayagriva avatara Das!

From wikipedia

Lederman explains in the book why he gave the Higgs boson the nickname "The God Particle":

This boson is so central to the state of physics today, so crucial to our final understanding of the structure of matter, yet so elusive, that I have given it a nickname: the God Particle. Why God Particle? Two reasons. One, the publisher wouldn't let us call it the Goddamn Particle, though that might be a more appropriate title, given its villainous nature and the expense it is causing. And two, there is a connection, of sorts, to another book, a much older one...

Hayagriva Avatar Das

HpS - Yes!!! Thank you. AgtSP. We are dying. Even now our eyes are hurting typing.

😃 We also read some time ago that Lederman did not like the name.

Prabhupada says that because they are impersonalists they look for God in the biggest, super nova, or the smallest, sub atomic particles.

Hare Krishna Querido Gurudeva Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada🌺

. Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias: Ha pasado mucho tiempo desde que no escribo, quisiera comentarle que mis rondas han estado estables, algunos días mas fáciles que otros. Por otra parte no he podido continuar con mi servicio de cocina y guirnaldas en el templo porque me encuentro con un problema de salud importante, pero ya se esta solucionando y la segunda semana de agosto me harán un operación en donde me van a extraer un quiste muy grande de mi ovario izquierdo y eso me impide hacer esfuerzos. He estado leyendo más, repasando Bhagavad gita, intentando tocar instrumentos y leyendo libros de Carl Jung para continuar mi servicio de reseñas de libros en NIOS. Quisiera compartir con usted que estoy en una relación con un devoto. Su nombre es NitaiPada, desde los 12 años es devoto, estudia mucho las escrituras, de profesión es Traductor y Profesor de Lenguaje y literatura; él siempre me esta enseñando. Estoy muy agradecida porque aporta mucho a mi vida espiritual. Su maestro espiritual es Bhakikavi Atulananda Swami. En nuestras actividades siempre esta leer ya que compartimos ese gusto y tocar instrumentos. Unas de las últimas lecturas a sido entorno a la importancia de tener un maestro espiritual y quisiera decirle que estoy eternamente agradecida por aceptarme, usted es un gran inspiración para mi y siempre mi deseo es ayudar en su Sarkintan. El maestro espiritual es el sol de nuestro vida espiritual y siempre nos mantenemos conectados a través del santo nombre. Por ultimo, en este tiempo he intentado tocar mridanga, gracias su misericordia eso va en buen camino 🙏

Para terminar le comparto algunas fotografías de mi últimos servicios y actuales.

Muchas gracias por toda su misericordia y gran asociación querido Gurudeva.🌺

🐒

Havihsara Devi Dasi.

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Hare Krishna, Dear Gurudeva, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada🌺

Please accept my humble obeisances: It has been a long time since I last wrote,

hps/asa - eight, agtSP, months?

I would like to tell you that my rounds have been stable, some days easier than others.

On the other hand, I have not been able to continue with my cooking and garland service at the temple because I am having a major health problem, but it is already being resolved and the second week of August I will have an operation where they will remove a very large cyst from my left ovary and that prevents me from making efforts.

I have been reading more, reviewing Bhagavad gita, trying to play instruments and reading books by Carl Jung to continue my book review service at NIOS.

I would like to share with you that I am in a relationship with a devotee. His name is Nitai-Pada, he has been a devotee since he was 12 years old, he studies the scriptures a lot, he is a Translator and Professor of Language and Literature by profession; he is always teaching me.

I am very grateful because it contributes a lot to my spiritual life. His spiritual master is Bhaktikavi Atulananda Swami.

In our activities we always read since we share that taste and play instruments. One of the last readings has been about the importance of having a spiritual master and I would like to tell you that I am eternally grateful for accepting me, you are a great inspiration for me and my desire is always to help in your Sankintan.

The spiritual master is the sun of our spiritual life and we always stay connected through the holy name. Finally, during this time I have tried to play mridanga, thanks to your mercy that is going in the right direction 🙏

To finish I share with you some photographs of my last and current services.

Thank you very much for all your mercy and great association dear Gurudeva.🌺

🐒

Havihsara Devi Dasi.

HpS - AgtSP. Atulananda Swami was follower of Paramadvaiti Swami?

He is outside of the ISKCON institution?

Such a relationship can work but is unusual. Require creativity and sincerity.

Middle picture is of you an Nitai-pada?

Is he same age as you?

Thank you!



Dear Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances. 

All glories to AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada!

In connection with what you wrote here (and in many other places you mention the same point)

https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/15208/ 

"If people are dressing themselves falsely as leaders of the institution but at heart are self seeking demons then we shall chant Hare Krsna, Hare Rama, praying for Rama and Krsna to save all the honest members of Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON, and if They want us to kill demons it will be obvious that we are just Their instruments."

How could I be sure that Krishna and Rama want me to "kill" demons in ISKCON? Of course, I do not want to kill anyone, literally. However, there may be particular ISKCON laws and attitudes that I do not want to sign to or follow, and I may be embarrassed to be in such an organization. 

I know that first I should look into my own heart and all the garbage there, and deal with that. Still, sometimes, some actions/words/expressions of others I do not approve. I am not sure if I should go into a clashing of thoughts with ISKCON authorities, because my experience is that it causes a lot of emotionally surcharged words and dealings and, in the end, it may not give (my) desired result. 

I am mindful that all the answers could be given from Krishna in the heart if I am sufficiently clean and the sattva guna (visuddha sattva?) predominates in my consciousness. But then..., as I was doing until now, better I keep my mouth shut. 

Another point is that I believe that many things can be told, but there is a way how to say it (internally (the mood) and externally (the tone and expression)). Like not judging the person(s), not attacking their personality, not calling them bad words, etc.

And..., I remember your story with a TP from San Francisco, when you talked with him openly (in private) and he talked back to you openly, explaining why is he acting in the way he is.  

If it is possible, would you like to comment on this topic, apart from chanting better japa, getting up always at 4 AM for mangala arati, praying to Krishna, reading SP's books deeply, talking with other devotees, minding my own business, etc? To be clear, I do not have anything against these activities. I am asking if there is more elaboration, help, advice, and experiences in connection to this subject. 

If you would like to answer by audio or video, that is very fine with me. If that is the case, I will need to know where is the file/recording.

Thank you, again, and again!

Your servant Namacarya Das

HpS - Hare Krsna. I remember our travels to Lucknow. 🙂

One example of this was also in the Berkeley Temple.

After Mangala arati we were chanting Japa in the temple room. is big. holds 200+ people.

and i walked into the lobby.

there was one street guy, maybe 26 years old from Telegraph Ave who used to visit the Temple a lot, but he was on some kind of drugs, and was saying very offensive things about Prabhupada.

he knew enough KC to really irritate the devotees.

there were about six b'cari's there just about to tear him into little pieces. he was physically threatening everyone.

quite spontaneously as i walked past him i dropped, got him right in the solar plexus with my right shoulder and bounced him off the wall behind him.

he fell to the ground stunned.

the b'caris picked him up and tossed him out the front door,

and at breakfast he came back really miserable.

begggggging for forgiveness.

apologizing for everything

and devotees accepted it.

i just kept on walking.

i think it was KRSNA using my Karate conditioning.

i didn't plan it.

afterwards everyone felt good about it.

i felt,'hey, i'm really cool', but realized that it was KRSNA.

b'caris were glad that they didn't fight with a basically good guy.

o.k?

another one is yuddhisthira. he was guided by God, the Brahmanas and vedic literature, so bhisma said that even though he caused the death of 640,000 people it was cool!

chant hare krsna [god], talk with six nice devotees [brahmanas] and find justification in prabhupada's books [vedic literature], then you can take big recourses.

is some help?